RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN SYRIAN CRISIS: WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY?

Zakiyah Zakiyah

doi:10.18784/analisa.v4i02.916

Abstract

This article concerns on the notion of responsibility to protect (R2P) in Syrian war and what can be expected from the Muslim community. This theme is important to be discussed for the reasons that crisis in Syria has been occurred for almost nine years since it began in March 2011 and it has no end sign in the immediate time. In addition, it caused hundred thousand civilians dead, million people become displaced persons. In addition, the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian war was against the international laws. This paper was written based on the data that was collected using documentary study. Findings of this research reveals that the Syrian civil war had involved various parties including the government, insurgent groups, international fighters, and several countries like the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, some European countries, and other states. This made the situation very complex. The Muslim communities through international organization such as Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) should actively participate in implementing the R2P which include protecting people, promoting human rights issues, and preventing further mass killing as well as military protection.

Highlights

The war in Syria has been prolonged almost nine years which leads to many casualties
Data shows that there are 470,000 people death of February 2016, and around 6.1 million people become internally displaced people (IDP), and approximately 5 million people have been forced to flee from their home land seeking refuge abroad because of the security issues (The United Nations, 2013; Human Right Watch, 2016)
The second, the main aim of R2P in Syria is to prevent the act of mass killing and to protect citizens; as it is known that the number of victims because of Syrian war is very large; the IDPs and refugees are at alarming as well as there is a large number of human rights violation happened in that country

Summary

Introduction

The war in Syria has been prolonged almost nine years which leads to many casualties. It is the fact that Syria is a country with the majority of its population is Islam followers; the solidarity among Muslim community is an important part to protect Syrian people As it is said by the United Nations in 2005 that if a state failed to protect its own citizens, so that international community have responsibility to take collection action to defend those people. The second, the main aim of R2P in Syria is to prevent the act of mass killing and to protect citizens; as it is known that the number of victims because of Syrian war is very large; the IDPs and refugees are at alarming as well as there is a large number of human rights violation happened in that country (the United Nations, 2013) The third, it seems that the Syrian government is not able to protect its populations, due to massive scale of killed people (UNHCR, 2013). What can be done by Muslim community in order to save Syrian people getting out from their worse condition because of war

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